248 Inflrutlions for a right tomforting SeCI:. 'l, ------------------ l' ariJ"-:_e~~- ,1gen_sta:ni - Repentance at ([eaih is feldome found. For it mayfeere tcnt1.1 a- reco~ctlla.tus~ rather to arifc. from feare ()f judrrment~ and anhorrour ,cbumfanr/4 ejt,& ;on:~ of Hell, then for an1 griefe for fi~ne. r!.4nd manv• f'ee. ene vz vens , ,~ectu~, • . . . • ..... .; J' btitC exit. Agtns pqlni- mmg to repent ajfec.1to;1ate!y m dangerom Jiek.§~u(fe, tentiam ad ultimu & when tbey ·have recovered, have beene rather "ft'orfe thou rc~ancil~ttu-1, (t-(ccte l t-tJ 6efcre, It is true, ~hat true Repent~tnce is 1tt~ver ioo late, hm§ e:m, · Egnnon(Nm but late Repmtotnce iJ' feldome true: I or here our fins f,•curUJ.t\ug Hom-41· b 1 1 h A b r. · ex- 5o. t\n~br. Exhort. ra\ er eave us, t 1en wet em, as m ~ofe 1a1es,, AtJd ad prenir.:nt. aJ" .Hee addes, vVoe be unto them,whofe fm and hfe·end .If.!!o"!odo agit pami(C- together. This received Principle among the ancient tram m e :ctrcmu vlt<C Fathers Tliat fare Repentance iJ' rarelv true implyes fi 'b (l' ' ' :.1 ' , J;:z ~t! eo~ ztutl-tJb. ~ that it is often falfe and . unfound, and fo by confe- . -~~ ·u entza qre.ea m· fi h · · T · ·t firmo ppitur, infil·ma quent. con rmes t e ~refent Point. oo mam cld ejl. Pallli~entia qute a expenence alfo makes It good : Amongfi many for moricnte tantt!m peti· my part , I have taken fpeciall notice of two : The ~ one being laboured-with in prifon, was feemingly ~eclared by cwo m- fo extraordinarily humbled, that a reverend Man of u:znces. ~ d d h b b f h' ~ G? was moove t ere y, to ea meanes o IS re· tu~·, tzmeo ne ip[a mori- pr~ve, ~hereup~n a Pardo? was pro~ured. And y~t atur. Augufl.de tf m~· - th1s fo extraordmary a pemtent, while Gfeath was m Serm•. ~7· Ct~m ven~r~~ his eye, having the terror removed, returned to His f'te1~ ,u~;,~~~rrsr:flo:~:. vomit; and fome two yeeres after, to the faine Place ICI' anxJ.., ' " • • ,. l H b c. A J acerdotcr, Pce.'litentia agame, as !lotonous a.Bma as e was ~ erore: n?- 7;o/unt agere, j,$m P.e • ther, Havtng upon Hts Bed of ficke1,1efle received m nite~t i.etocis non Ci~·-:: His owne conceit the - ~ntenc~ . of death againft ~~Ja non pr~pur adm Him1elfe · and being pteffed to humiliation iuid brop-eccatomm d~(p !1centcs ' d f'i'. ~f h c- · b ' 11 · jibj uo!ebant p.enitentia ken-hear te nene ; or f:Ie ad rormerly eene aura~- .agere,(ed propter mortis ger and an enemy to punty, and the power of godiit~moYe lncw.Autro r neife, an(wered thus: My heart ir bro~n : and fo in Mat. Ho.m. 5?.· ,'Crok;; out into an earneft confejfion of particular jinnu: Hee named unrle~tnne([e, ftubpornnej[e, obfliniiCJ ,vaine• glory, hypocri(ie, d{/Jlmufation, Hncl]~trita6len~pe, cove- ·. toufoefle, lukf-warmmefse, &c. He comp~tred himfelfe to . th~ Thiefe upon the CrojJe. Am/if Gpd, faith He, re., .flare mee' to health a_~aine, the 'IPorld foal! fee, what A~ •dtered m11n I will !m·. When hee was prdl: to fin- . -ccritie and true-heartedne_fie'' !n what he faid; \.. Hce ' proteft~d .
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